Figure 1

(Color online) Waterfall plots of transient reflection $\Delta R/R$ versus pump-probe time delay at different temperatures. Solid lines at 32 and 100 K are two-exponential fits.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 2

(Color online) (a) $T$ dependence of $A_{slow}$ (solid circles), with fit of data above $T_c$ with $\beta P\left(T\right)$ (dashed line), and fit of data from 28 K to $T^{\ast }$ with $\beta G_{\text{PG}}\left(T\right)-\gamma G_{\text{SC}}\left(T\right)$ (solid line). The fitted values of $T_c$ and $T^{\ast }$ are 71 K and 104 K, respectively. (b) Doping dependence of the PG as determined by the position of leading-edge midpoint (○, left axis) and high-energy feature (◇, right axis) in the $\left(\pi ,0\right)$ ARPES spectra from Bi-2212. The solid circle corresponds to the PG energy scale (22 meV) deduced from our data. The dome represents the $d$-wave mean-field approximation $\Delta \left(x\right)=4.3k_B{T}_c\left(x\right)/2$. Dashed line is a guide to the eyes. Adapted with permission from Fig. 62 of Ref. 4. Copyright 2003 by the American Physical Society.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 3

(Color online) (a) Solid circles: ${\tau }_{slow}\left(T\right)$ data. Solid line: Fit to Eq. (3) for $T<T_c$. Dotted line: fit to Eq. (3) for $T_c<T<T^{\ast }$. Dashed line: fit to Eq. (4) for $T<T_c$. (b) ${\tau }_{fast}\left(T\right)$ data (solid circles), with fit to $1/T^n$ (solid line) where $n=1.3$.Reuse & Permissions